http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_16...02500000000.htm
<b>Iâm pleased with the God Iâve chosen but...â</b>
Ramesh Babu
Thiruvananthapuram, February 26
Kamala Suraiya, famous poet and short story writer, says <b>she regrets her decision to convert to Islam.</b> But she is not giving up by reconverting to Hinduism.
Here is what's got the 72-year-old writer mad: "Everyone needs favours. <b>In the name of Sakkath (alms giving), these people are fleecing me. I can't cope with it anymore." Some people, she added, carted away her things without her consent.</b>
"In the last seven years (she converted in 1999) <b>I lost nearly Rs 10 lakh and a number of precious things including ornaments,"</b> she said.
However, she has no plan to reconvert. "I am pleased with the God I have chosen. Allah is supreme for me. But I am not happy with the attitude of some people," she said while denying the news that she would come out of her veil soon.
"Islam is a beautiful religion. I still pray in Arabic," she said.
"While embracing Islam I thought they would protect me well. Instead of this, they are exploiting me. Forlorn at times, I regret my decision," she said.
<b>Iâm pleased with the God Iâve chosen but...â</b>
Ramesh Babu
Thiruvananthapuram, February 26
Kamala Suraiya, famous poet and short story writer, says <b>she regrets her decision to convert to Islam.</b> But she is not giving up by reconverting to Hinduism.
Here is what's got the 72-year-old writer mad: "Everyone needs favours. <b>In the name of Sakkath (alms giving), these people are fleecing me. I can't cope with it anymore." Some people, she added, carted away her things without her consent.</b>
"In the last seven years (she converted in 1999) <b>I lost nearly Rs 10 lakh and a number of precious things including ornaments,"</b> she said.
However, she has no plan to reconvert. "I am pleased with the God I have chosen. Allah is supreme for me. But I am not happy with the attitude of some people," she said while denying the news that she would come out of her veil soon.
"Islam is a beautiful religion. I still pray in Arabic," she said.
"While embracing Islam I thought they would protect me well. Instead of this, they are exploiting me. Forlorn at times, I regret my decision," she said.